SECTION T, PAGE 16 toledoBlade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ Sunday, August 5, 2012 The tournament that is now called the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic presented by Kroger, Owens Corning and O-I started in 1984 at the former Glengarry Country Club (now Stone Oak Country Club). After four tournaments there (no tournament in 1986), it was moved to Highland Meadows Club in Sylvania. That same year, it was shortened from 72 holes to FARR HISTORY 54 holes. The 72-hole format returned in 1997. 1984 1987 1989 1991 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 (Peterson)$26,250 68-72-65-73-278 , $33,750 71-73-69-67-280 , $41,250 69-66-71-206 , $15,750 73-69-66-72-280 x-, $52,500 69-66-70-205 Jill Briles, $18,000 73-70-69-70-282 Hollis Stacey, $19,479 72-68-68-208 , $32,375 67-70-68-205 , $11,375 71-75-70-69-285 Nancy Taylor, $17,999 68-69-73-72-282 Nancy Lopez, $19,479 70-70-68-208 Vicki Singleton, $8,020 72-72-71-71-286 , $10,687 70-71-72-70-283 , $19,478 68-69-71-208 Lynn Connelly, $23,625 71-66-71-208 Therese Hession, $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Julie Cole, $10,687 70-74-68-71-283 Chris Johnson, $9,808 70-75-64-209 Laurie Rinker, $18,375 71-71-67-209 , $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Marci Bozarth, $7,875 72-72-71-69-284 Lauri Merten, $9,808 72-71-66-209 Chris Johnson, $12,483 74-70-66-210 Ok-Hee Ku, $6,244 73-71-71-70-285 , $9,808 68-70-71-209 Kay Cockerill, $12,483 71-68-71-210 , $5,250 69-72-71-75-287 , $6,243 70-69-73-73-285 Deborah McHaffie, $7,150 71-71-68-210 , $4,156 73-72-72-71-288 Vicki Goetze (amateur) 68-71-71-210 , $4,768 70-72-77-67-286 , $5,582 73-72-66-211 , $12,483 70-68-72-210 Betsy King, $4,156 74-71-71-72-288 Heather Drew, $4,768 71-73-72-70-286 Heather Drew, $5,582 71-74-66-211 JoAnne Carner, $3,227 73-72-72-72-289 Cindy Hill, $4,768 69-71-72-74-286 Jennifer Wyatt, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Katie Peterson, $7,502 72-72-67-211 Lynn Adams, $7,502 72-70-69-211 Alice Miller, $3,227 69-70-75-75-289 ■■RECAP: A struggling unknown named Nan- Caroline Keggi, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Dianne Dailey, $3,227 68-69-75-76-289 , $7,502 72-68-71-211 cy Taylor opened with a ■■RECAP: Moving to a new home at Highland Nancy Rubin, $7,502 68-72-71-211 ■ ■RECAP: Lauri Merten (then Lauri Peterson) 4-under 68, then extend- Meadows and being contested over 54 holes Carolyn Hill, $7,502 69-70-72-211 shot a course-record 65 in the third round to ed her lead to two shots for the first time, the Farr saw Penny Ham- x-won sudden death playoff ■ open a three-shot lead over Nancy Lopez, with a second-round 69. mel make her move in ■RECAP: Amateur Vicki Goetze was the first- whose 66 was the on- Despite a 73 on Satur- the second round on her round story with a 68 that left her one shot off ly other score in the 60s day, she maintained a way to becoming the first Deb Richard’s lead. A second-round 66 gave that day. Merten led by two-shot edge. But Jane two-time Toledo champ. Alice Miller a two-stroke as many as six strokes Geddes authored a final- Hammel fired a 5-under edge over Richard, and in the final round but round 67 for an 8-under 66 to go to 7-under 135 the latter authored a fi- faltered — bogey, dou- 280 total and a two-shot for the tournament and nal-round 68 to tie things ble-bogey and bogey victory. take a two-shot lead on and prompt the Farr’s on Nos. 8-10 — and the ■■THE GEDDES FILE: The Farr title was the Liselotte Neumann. In first playoff. And what a golfers fell into a tie with third of Geddes’ career and one of her five the final round, a bogey playoff it was, with Miller five holes left. A birdie on during the 1987 season, including the LPGA at No. 10 dropped Hammel into a tie with Bet- winning on the third hole No. 14 put Merten one Championship. Now retired, she posted 11 sy King. Neumann and Nancy Lopez were a of sudden death with a up, and she clinched the win with a on 18 14-foot birdie putt. The career wins. shot behind. But Hammel’s closing 71 was while Lopez bogeyed. enough to win the championship. triumph ended a six-year drought for Miller. ■■THE MERTEN FILE: She earned $108,920 ■■THE HAMMEL FILE: Became the first ■■THE MILLER FILE: From 1983-85, Miller the year she won the Farr, one of only three 1988 two-time Farr champion ( lat- won seven titles, including a major (the Na- times she cracked the six-figure mark. Big- TOP 10 er matched that feat and Se Ri Pak would far bisco Dinah Shore), and earned more than Laura Davies, $41,250 69-70-69-69-277 gest year was 1993, when she won the U.S. Nancy Lopez, $25,437 68-70-69-73-280 surpass it). $600,000. Women’s Open, her only major champion- , $16,500 70-72-70-71-283 Betsy King, $16,499 72-69-68-74-283 ship, and earnings of $394,744. She is no lon- Myra Blackwelder, $11,687 74-71-70-71-286 1990 1992 ger an active tour player. Nancy Taylor, $9,625 71-69-73-74-287 Tammie Green, $8,112 73-74-72-69-288 TOP 10 TOP 10 Lynn Adams, $6,806 74-72-75-69-290 Tina Tombs, $48,750 67-72-66-205 Patty Sheehan, $60,000 70-73-66-209 1985 Sarah LeVeque, $6,806 75-76-67-72-290 JoAnne Carner, $26,000 67-73-69-209 , $25,663 70-71-69-210 Heather Farr, $5,513 75-71-75-71-292 Chris Johnson, $26,000 68-71-70-209 Heather Drew, $25,663 70-70-70-210 TOP 10 Amy Read, $5,513 73-74-72-73-292 , $12,058 72-72-67-211 Sue Ertl, $12,058 73-69-69-211 Tammie Green, $25,663 70-68-72-210 Penny Hammel, $26,250 72-69-72-65-278 ■■RECAP: Nancy Lopez led Laura Davies by Robin Walton, $12,058 74-67-70-211 Deb Richard, $25,663 71-66-73-210 Nancy Lopez, $16,187 70-71-70-68-279 one shot after one round, by one shot after Patti Rizzo, $12,058 70-70-71-211 Hollis Stacey, $12,982 72-68-71-211 , $11,812 72-72-68-68-280 Betsy King, $12,058 68-70-73-211 , $12,982 69-71-71-211 , $9,187 73-69-70-72-284 two rounds and by one Dale Eggeling, $7,637 70-71-71-212 Vicki Fergon, $8,614 65-77-70-212 , $5,819 72-72-71-70-285 shot after three rounds Elaine Crosby, $6,249 73-71-69-213 JoAnne Carner, $8,614 70-71-71-212 Lauri Merten, $5,819 71-69-74-71-285 Jennifer Wyatt, $6,249 72-71-70-213 of a weather-plagued Penny Hammel, $6,249 70-71-72-213 Janice Gibson, $8,614 67-74-71-212 , $5,819 70-70-73-72-285 event. On the final day, Marta Fig-Dotti, $8,614 69-70-73-212 Lauren Howe, $5,819 70-72-69-74-285 ■■RECAP: JoAnne Carner was the big story , $8,614 68-70-74-212 Lopez finally lost the lead Cindy Hill, $4,112 73-70-71-72-286 of the first round, firing a 4-under 67 to tie for ■■RECAP: Vicki Fergon left Patty Sheehan Dianne Dailey, $3,675 71-75-70-71-287 when she bogeyed No. the lead with Tina Tombs. five shots behind with an opening-round 65, ■■RECAP: Nancy Lopez had a piece of the 11 and Davies birdied. Carner was vying for but Fergon disappeared lead from the start and Penny Hammel, a top But it was Davies’ stun- her first win since 1985. with a 77 in the second rookie, shot a third-round ning eagle on No. 12 that Tombs was vying for her round. On Sunday Shee- 72 to stand two shots off crushed Lopez. Davies, first win period. Betsy han played nine groups the pace. Hammel, out of hitting from the bottom of a hill, hit an open King grabbed the lead ahead of the leaders and the spotlight that was fol- wedge, then saw the ball check up on the sec- with a second-round 70, posted a 66 for a 209 to- lowing Lopez in the last ond bounce and roll into the cup. but Tombs stayed close tal. Six players came to group, fired a 65 to win ■■ She had won at least one THE DAVIS FILE: and then took over in the the final hole with a shot her first tour event, while tournament for six straight years before going final round. She roared at tying Sheehan and all Lopez settled for second winless in 1999. But she bounced back with out of the gate with five failed. again. Hammel trailed two wins in 2000. Davies also won the U.S. birdies in her first six holes, made the turn in ■■THE SHEEHAN FILE: The Farr win was the Lopez by four at the turn, Open in 1987, before joining the LPGA. The 29 and won by four strokes. 28th of her career. When she nabbed her 30th but a birdie on 10 and an eagle on 12 turned ’88 Farr was the third of her 20 tour wins. ■■THE TOMBS FILE: The Farr stands as the a year later, Sheehan qualified for entry into things around. only win of Tombs’ career. She had her most ■■THE HAMMEL FILE: Went on to earn rook- the LPGA Hall of Fame. She won 35 times, in- successful financial season in 1993, when cluding six major championships, and com- ie of the year honors in 1985. Didn’t win again she won $68,592. until the 1989 Farr. piled career earnings of $5.5 million. 1986 ■■No tournament held because the PGA Championship was played at Inverness Club. THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ Sunday, August 5, 2012 toledoBlade.com SECTION T, PAGE 17 lines a week earlier when ■■RECAP: Kelly Robbins walked into the his- 1993 she suffered a freak gun- 1996 tory book with her performance, a 19-under TOP 10 shot wound. With the TOP 10 265 that was at that time Brandie Burton, $67,500 68-66-67-201 Joan Pitcock, $86,250 68-66-70-204 bullet still lodged near Marianne Morris, $53,528 69-68-68-205 the lowest four-round Hollis Stacey, $41,891 67-67-68-202 score in the history of the Jane Geddes, $30,569 68-64-71-203 her neck, Williams shot , $31,345 66-74-66-206 Patty Sheehan, $23,776 70-66-69-205 rounds of 68-72-70 to tie Mitzi Edge, $31,345 69-70-67-206 LPGA. Robbins opened Colleen Walker, $16,152 68-71-68-207 for 10th place. Nancy Bowen, $31,345 67-71-68-206 up a six-shot lead during Amy Benz, $16,152 67-71-69-207 , $18,662 75-67-66-208 the third round and then Suzanne Strudwick, $16,152 67-70-70-207 ■■THE ROBBINS FILE: , $18,662 69-68-71-208 Robbins finished 1994 , $14,322 71-71-67-209 had a nice walk during Marianne Morris, $10,132 74-69-65-208 the final round, opening Michelle McGann, $10,132 70-70-68-208 with 11 top-10 finishes and went on to win her Tracy Hanson, $14,322 73-64-72-209 Dana Dormann, $9,439 71-73-66-210 with two birdies on her Dale Eggeling, $10,132 70-70-68-208 first major the next summer when she cap- Judy Dickinson, $10,132 69-69-70-208 , $9,439 71-71-68-210 first three holes to slam ■■RECAP: Vicki Goetze again stole the spot- tured the LPGA Championship. Robbins, a , $9,439 73-68-69-210 the door. Robbins was in Michigan native, would win the Farr again in , $9,439 71-70-69-210 light by making her professional debut at the Cathy Johnston-Forbes, $9,439 72-68-70-210 the 60s for all four of her rounds. Farr on a day when six 1997. Mayumi Hirase, $9,439 69-70-71-210 ■■THE ROBBINS FILE: Robbins had nine players shared the first- Terry-Jo Myers, $9,439 70-68-72-210 career victories — including two Farr Classic Alicia Dibos, $9,439 67-70-73-210 round lead. Jane Geddes 1995 wins and won at least one tournament for sev- ■■RECAP: Marianne Morris wrested the lead en straight years through 1999. tied a course record with TOP 10 from Joan Pitcock on Sunday after a birdie a 7-under 64 in round two Kathryn Marshall, $75,000 67-71-67-205 , $46,546 69-70-67-206 at the par 4 No. 11, her 1998 and led by a pair of shots Pamela Wright, $33,966 71-66-70-207 fourth birdie in a six- over Brandie Burton. It Pat Bradley, $17,528 71-70-67-208 hole stretch. But Pitcock TOP 10 was Burton who proved Kelly Robbins, $17,528 69-71-68-208 tied it again with a bird- Se Ri Pak, $120,000 71-61-63-66-261 to be cool on a scorching Deb Richard, $17,528 72-67-69-208 Lisa Hackney, $74,474 69-68-68-65-270 Beth Daniel, $17,528 71-68-69-208 ie at the 13th and went , $53,346 67-70-67-67-271 hot Sunday, bagging a Betsy King, $17,528 68-71-69-208 back on top when Morris , $34,888 68-69-69-67-273 key birdie at the par-5 17th to edge three-time Brandie Burton, $17,528 68-71-69-208 missed a three-foot par Charlotta Sorenstam, $34,888 67-68-71-67-273 U.S. Open champ Hollis Stacey by a shot. Laura Brown, $9,309 70-73-66-209 putt at the 16th. Morris Cindy Figg-Currier, $34,888 68-69-68-68-273 Vicki Fergon, $9,309 73-69-67-209 missed a 14-foot birdie , $20,128 68-71-69-66-274 ■■THE BURTON FILE: Just 21 years old at Lenore Rittenhouse, $9,309 68-72-69-209 Amy Alcott, $20,128 69-68-71-66-274 the time, Burton had a huge year in 1993, Muffin Spencer-Devlin, $9,309 67-71-71-209 putt on No. 18 by inches, Brandie Burton, $20,128 66-74-66-68-274 adding two other wins to the Farr and earn- ■■RECAP: They invented the game in Scot- which would have pres- , $20,128 68-69-68-69-274 ing $518,000. She then went five years before land, but in the history of the LPGA no native sured Pitcock. But Pitcock’s 20-foot first putt ■■RECAP: Records fell for the second winning again, but it was a biggie — her sec- from the fringe was nearly perfect, leaving her straight year in the Farr Classic. Se Ri Pak Scot had ever won a tour- two inches from the hole. She tapped it in. ond major championship at the du Maurier. nament. It appeared Pa- shot an opening- round 71, then bettered that ■■THE PITCOCK FILE: She is one of five the next day by 10 shots. mela Wright would turn players who scored their first career wins in Her 61 set a single-round 1994 the trick after a 5-under the Farr Classic. She played in 224 tourna- LPGA record, as did her TOP 10 66 in the second round. ments, more than nine seasons worth, before 261 total for 72 holes. x-Kelly Robbins, $75,000 69-70-65-204 But it was countrywom- winning the ’96 Farr. Pak followed her 61 with Tammie Green, $46,546 66-71-67-204 an Kathryn Marshall who a 63 in the third round, Meg Mallon, $33,966 67-70-69-206 got it done in the final , $26,418 68-72-69-208 1997 eliminating all suspense Beth Daniel, $15,750 71-71-67-209 round with her second 67 TOP 10 for the final round. Lisa , $15,750 71-70-68-209 in three days. It was good Kelly Robbins, $105,000 67-64-67-67-265 Hackney ended up win- Judy Dickinson, $15,750 70-71-68-209 for a one-shot win over Sherri Steinhauer, who Tammie Green, $65,165 67-69-70-67-273 ning the race for second Dottie Pepper, $15,750 69-70-70-209 bogeyed the final hole. Wright was third. Nancy Lopez, $47,553 68-66-71-69-274 place, edging Karrie Webb by one shot, but Lauri Merten, $15,750 66-71-72-209 Vickie Odegard, $36,985 67-71-67-71-276 Dawn Coe-Jones, $9,662 71-71-68-210 ■■THE MARSHALL FILE: A top amateur in Terry-Jo Myers, $27,298 70-71-69-67-277 finishing nine strokes behind Pak. Kim Williams, $9,662 68-72-70-210 , Marshall attended the University Karrie Webb, $27,298 65-68-71-73-277 ■■THE PAK FILE: Not a bad year for the Amy Alcott, $9,662 66-72-72-210 of Arizona and then scored her pro break- Alicia Dibos, $20,782 74-70-70-64-278 20-year-old LPGA rookie. Pak came to the x-won sudden-death playoff through in the ’95 Farr. She put together her , $17,435 71-70-66-72-279 Farr directly from a playoff win in the U.S. ■■RECAP: Kelly Robbins won with a birdie Missie McGeorge, $17,435 70-67-70-72-279 best financial season in ’97, scoring four top- Women’s Open, her second major champi- on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Brandie Burton, $12,210 71-71-74-64-280 onship of the summer. Two weeks after the against Tammie Green, but from week’s start 10 finishes and earning $200,000. The Farr Hiromi Kobayashi, $12,210 70-71-72-67-280 was Marshall’s only LPGA win and she is no Kris Monaghan, $12,210 71-72-69-68-280 Farr, Pak won another Ohio event in Warren. to end the big story was Kim Williams. The Joan Pitcock, $12,210 76-69-66-69-280 She finished the year with four victories worth relative unknown was thrust into the head- longer an active tour player. Susie Redman, $12,210 70-71-69-70-280 earnings of $872,170. Tracy Hanson, $12,210 68-72-70-70-280 SECTION T, PAGE 18 toledoBlade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ Sunday, August 5, 2012 ■■RECAP: As was the case in 1998, Se Ri Pak 1999 blew things open with an awesome second 2004 2006 TOP 10 round, then pretty much coasted the rest of TOP 10 TOP 10 x-Se Ri Pak $135,000 68-69-68-71 - 276 the way. This time it was Meg Mallon, $165,000 66-69-74-68 - 277 x-Mi Hyun Kim, $180,000 68-66-67-65 - 266 $52,534 73-66-71-66 - 276 Se Ri Pak, $86,873 66-72-72-68 - 278 , $106,155 67-66-68-65 - 266 $52,534 69-67-71-69 - 276 a 62 during Friday’s sec- , $86,873 65-72-68-73 - 278 , $77,007 67-67-68-65 - 267 Sherri Steinhauer $52,534 70-67-69-70 - 276 ond round that gave her (Teske), $56,510 72-69-70-68 - 279 Se Ri Pak, $59,570 68-68-66-66 - 268 Karrie Webb $52,534 70-66-70-70 - 276 a two-shot lead. Her ad- Lorie Kane, $45,484 72-71-67-70 - 280 Reilley Rankin, $47,949 66-68-68-70 - 272 $52,534 70-65-67-74 - 276 , $31,884 69-72-69-71 - 281 , $36,034 71-68-69-66 - 274 Dina Ammaccapane $23,851 69-71-68-69 - 277 vantage grew to four af- Brandie Burton, $31,884 67-69-74-71 - 281 Sung Ah Yim, $36,034 66-69-69-70 - 274 Mi Hyun Kim $23,851 71-71-65-70 - 277 ter a third-round 69 and Jeong Jang, $31,884 71-70-68-72 - 281 Annika Sorenstam, $28,768 69-68-68-70 - 275 $23,851 67-68-70-72 - 277 it wasn’t until late in Sun- Marcy Hart, $21,708 70-73-73-66 - 282 , $25,860 68-70-71-67 - 276 Cindy McCurdy $19,021 69-67-70-72 - 278 day’s round that Maria , $21,708 67-74-71-70 - 282 Sherri Steinhauer, $21,891 73-71-68-65 - 277 x-won sudden-death playoff Leta Lindley, $21,708 70-69-71-72 - 282 Jackie Gallagher-Smith, $21,891 73-68-68-68 - 277 ■■RECAP: Carin Koch allowed a two-shot Hjor th caught fire and put Marilyn Lovander, $21,708 72-67-69-74 - 282 Diana D’Alessio, $21,891 67-69-69-72 - 277 lead to melt away on the 72nd hole, and the on a little pressure. ■■RECAP: It would have been hard to imag- x-won on the third hole of sudden-death playoff. ■ ■ result was the most pop- ■THE PAK FILE: The Farr was one of five ine a more appropriate champion as the Farr ■RECAP: After the storms, after the flooding, ulated sudden-death wins, including the Weetabix Women’s British Classic celebrated its 20th anniversary. Meg after the delays and overnight suspensions playoff in LPGA history. Open, a major, for Pak in 2001. She would win Mallon, a sponsor exemption in the very first in play, Mi Hyun Kim of was the Six players went back to five times again the following year. Farr Classic in 1984 who last golfer standing in the the 18th for the playoff, was playing in the event 2006 Farr Classic. She and all six reached the 2002 for the 19th time, finally not only survived all of par-5 green in regulation. TOP 10 moved into the winner’s nature’s obstacles, she Only Se Ri Pak got her Rachel Hetherington (Teske), $150,000 67-73-64-66 - 270 circle by scoring bird- also survived a three- birdie putt to fall, howev- Beth Bauer, $91,325 69-67-67-69 - 272 ies on three of the last hole, sudden-death play- , $58,750 70-64-72-67 - 273 off against crowd favor- er, and the Farr Classic Karrie Webb, $58,750 72-65-66-70 - 273 four holes. She capped belonged to the young Korean for a second Amy Fruhwirth, $37,500 70-70-68-66 - 274 it with a 10-footer on the ite Natalie Gulbis. Gulbis straight year. Kelli Kuehne, $37,500 71-66-69-68 - 274 72nd hole that finished lost her grip on a four- , $23,875 73-68-72-62 - 275 ■■THE PAK FILE: Se Ri duplicated her rookie off a final-round 68 for shot lead she owned just Mhairi McKay, $23,875 71-71-68-65 - 275 before making the turn and Kim roared from season with four wins and became the Farr Natalie Gulbis, $23,875 73-67-70-65 - 275 a 7-under 277 winning total. Se Ri Pak, who Classic’s first back-to-back champion. Se Ri Pak, $23,875 72-67-68-68 - 275 was gunning for a fifth Farr title, had to settle behind to tie her with a birdie on the 72nd ■■RECAP: Because of personal business in for a second-place tie with Karen Stupples, hole. When she birdied the hole again on the 2000 Florida, then missing a flight and having an- who came to Toledo fresh off her victory in the third hole of sudden death it proved to be the other one cancelled, Rachel Hetherington Women’s British Open. winning stroke. Gulbis settled for pars on her TOP 10 (then Rachel Teske) bare- ■■THE MALLON FILE: Meg’s win at the Farr last 11 holes, including the playoff. x-Annika Sorenstam, $150,000 70-67-66-71 - 274 ■■THE KIM FILE: Se Ri Pak won the first of Rachel Hetherington, $93,093 71-68-68-67 - 274 ly arrived in Toledo in time polished off a phenomenal five-week run Se Ri Pak, $67,933 70-70-68-67 - 275 for her Wednesday pro- which saw her capture her second U.S. Wom- many Farr Classic titles as an LPGA rookie in Beth Daniel, $52,837 70-69-68-69 - 276 am tee time. Had she not en’s Open title as well as the Canadian Wom- 1998. She also won two major championships Jeong Jang, $35,895 72-70-69-67 - 278 that year and her friends playing in Korea no- , $35,895 70-69-68-71 - 278 made it, she would have en’s Open. The Farr Classic was her 18th and Heather Bowie, $35,895 71-66-70-71 - 278 been disqualified from last LPGA Tour title. Mallon, who grew up in ticed. Mi Hyun Kim was one of the first to fol- Cindy Figg-Currier, $24,909 71-71-69-68 - 279 the tournament. Instead, the Detroit area and attended Ohio State Uni- low in her footsteps, coming to the LPGA Tour Terry-Jo Myers, $24,909 67-72-69-71 - 279 she positioned herself versity, retired after the 2010 Farr Classic. in ‘99, and she has fashioned a fine career of Sara Sanders, $21,135 72-68-68-72 - 280 her own. The Farr represented her seventh x-won on second hole of sudden-death playoff nicely for the weekend, ■■RECAP: One of the most exciting finishes in then played the final two 2005 career title. tournament history. Annika Sorenstam came rounds in 12-under for the two-shot win. TOP 10 to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead, and ■■THE HETHERINGTON FILE: A native of x-Heather Bowie, $180,000 72-66-69-67 - 274 2007 the large crowd around the green figured she New South Wales, Australia, Hetherington Gloria , $109,852 67-70-71-66 - 274 TOP 10 and Rachel Hetherington followed her Farr win with two tour victories Sung Ah Yim, $70,669 69-70-68-68 - 275 Se Ri Pak, $195,000 63-68-69-67 - 267 in 2003. Hee-Won Han, $70,669 69-67-66-73 - 275 , $119,590 68-70-64-68 - 270 were both lying two short Paula Creamer, $45,108 72-68-72-64 - 276 , $63,020 71-70-67-68 - 276 of the green. But Soren- Jeong Jang, $45,108 68-69-67-72 - 276 Laura Davies, $63,020 71-69-67-69 - 276 stam had hit a crooked 2003 Pat Hurst, $30,172 71-70-67-69 - 277 Laura Diaz, $63,020 69-70-68-69 - 276 Leta Lindley, $30,172 69-69-68-71 - 277 drive, was forced to chip Carri Wood, $63,020 68-69-70-69 - 276 TOP 10 Meg Mallon, $30,172 68-69-68-72 - 277 , $34,702 69-70-69-69 - 277 out and was lying three. Se Ri Pak, $150,000 69-67-64-71 - 271 Marilyn Lovander, $24,358 69-68-68-73 - 278 In-Kyung Kim, $34,702 72-68-65-72 - 277 Hetherington hit a su- Marisa Baena, $79,364 68-68-67-70 - 273 x-won on third hole of sudden-death playoff , $27,828 71-70-69-68 - 278 Hee-Won Han, $79,364 68-67-66-72 - 273 ■■RECAP: Heather Bowie, who was in a , $27,828 73-68-66-71 - 278 perb approach to the Heather Bowie, $46,58 67-71-70-66 - 274 par-5 18th to set up a Mi-Hyun Kim, $46,589 67-73-66-68 - 274 tie for sixth after the third round, and Glo- ■■RECAP: Pak took the upper hand quickly good birdie chance, then Danielle Ammaccapane, $31,227 70-71-67-67 - 275 ria Park, who was tied for 10th, moved past with an opening-round 63, but lost her grip Sorenstam hit what she called “probably the , $31,227 71-69-67-68 - 275 everyone on the leaderboard with fine Sun- on the lead during the fi- , $21,657 68-70-72-66 - 276 day rounds while others nal round when young best pressure shot “ of her career to that point Kristal Parker-Manzo, $21,657 70-71-67-68 - 276 to guarantee a par and a playoff. The Swede Rachel Hetherington (Teske), $21,657 66-72-70-68 - 276 struggled. Bowie looked tour star Morgan Pressel won on the second hole of sudden death. Laura Diaz, $21,657 65-67-70-74 - 276 to have a sudden-death grabbed a brief, three- ■■ THE SORENSTAM FILE: The greatest ■■RECAP: Se Ri Pak, bidding for her fourth playoff won on each of shot lead with a hole-in- player of her era in the early 2000s, Soren- Farr title in six years, grabbed the upper hand the first two holes, only one at No. 6. When the stam ended her competitive career at the end with a third-round 64, but to see Park rally on and deafening roar subsid- of the 2008 season. Career earnings of $22.5 it was a tight leaderboard around the greens. But ed, playing partner Pak million leads the LPGA’s all-time list. with Hee-Won Han one Park couldn’t keep it go- answered with an 8-iron shot behind and Laura ing, driving into the rough shot to 22 feet and sank a 2001 Diaz just two back. Pak and then hitting into the putt with a lot of break. Game on, she seemed left the door open with water hazard on No. 18, opening the door for to say. By the 15th hole, Pak was back on top TOP 10 an even-par 71 on Sun- Bowie’s first LPGA victory. and she cruised to a three-shot win for her Se Ri Pak, $150,000 70-62-69-68 - 269 , $93,093 76-65-66-64 - 271 day, but none of the top ■■THE BOWIE FILE: With three top-five fin- fifth Farr Classic title. Marnie McGuire, $60,384 70-69-69-65 - 273 contenders could break ishes during her first five Farr appearances, ■■THE PAK FILE: Through ‘07, Se Ri had Heather Bowie, $60,384 68-66-71-68 - 273 70 and apply any pres- Bowie said she always felt as though High- played in the Farr Classic 11 times, producing Laura Diaz, $33,463 70-67-70-67 - 274 Moira Dunn, $33,463 68-68-70-68 - 274 sure. land Meadows could be the course on which five wins, one runner-up slot, one third, and Meg Mallon, $33,463 70-67-68-69 - 274 ■■THE PAK FILE: Four Farr wins and she still she broke through for her first LPGA victory. one fourth-place finish. Total Toledo earnings Kris Tschetter, $33,463 70-67-68-69 - 274 wasn’t done. Keep reading. She enjoyed her biggest earnings season — during that stretch: $995,073. Mi Hyun Kim, $19,625 72-68-74-62 - 276 $677,425 — and slipped over the $2 million Carin Koch, $19,625 69-66-73-68 - 276 Mhairi McKay, $19,625 75-67-65-69 - 276 mark in career earnings. She now plays as Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, $19,625 70-70-67-69 - 276 Heather Young. Kelly Robbins, $19,625 68-71-68-69 - 276 THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ Sunday, August 5, 2012 toledoBlade.com SECTION T, PAGE 19 LPGA STATISTICS THROUGH JULY 8 6, Na Yeon Choi, 1.768. 7, M.J. Hur, 1.772.8, , Scoring 1.776. 9, Se Ri Pak, 1.779. 10, Taylor Coutu, 1.785. 1, Ai Miyazato, 70.35. 2, Na Yeon Choi, 70.53. 3, Shan- Birdie Average shan Feng, 70.60. 4, , 70.60. 5, , 1, Stacy Lewis, 4.02. 2 (tie), and So 70.68. 6, , 70.90. 7, So Yeon Ryu, Yeon Ryu, 3.62. 4, Yani Tseng, 4.17. 5, Na Yeon 70.98. 8, , 71.00. 9, Suzann Petters- Choi, 3.71. 6, Hee Young Park, 3.64. 7, Lexi en, 71.08. 10, 2 tied with 71.23. Thompson, 3.71. 8, , 3.68. 9, Anna Driving Distance Nordqvist, 3.22. 10, Sun Young Yoo, 3.33. 1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Eagle Average Lincicome, 278.0. 3, , 274.0. 4, 1, Jodi Ewart, 0.18. 2 (tie), Na Yeon Choi, Tif- , 273.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 271.0. 6, Ger- fany Joh, Paula Creamer, ina Piller, 270.0. 7, Karin Sjodin, 269.0. 8, Mi- and Stacy Lewis, 0.11. 7, 9 tied with 0.09. chelle Wie, 268.0. 9, Maria Hjorth, 267.0. 10, Sand Save Percentage Sydnee Michaels, 267.0. 1, Jiyai Shin, 65.00%. 2, Hee Kyung Seo, Greens in Regulation Pct. 63.64%. 3 (tie), Leta Lindley and Sun Young 1 (tie), Karin Sjodin and Sun Young Yoo, Yoo, 61.54%. 5, M.J. Hur, 58.82%. 6, Nicole 75.00%. 3, Paula Creamer, 73.50%. 4, Stacy Lewis Castrale, 58.62%. 7, Danah Bordner, 58.33%. Lewis, 73.30%. 5, Lexi Thompson, 72.90%. 6, 8, Morgan Pressel, 57.69%. 9, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, 72.50%. 7, A zahara Munoz, 57.58%. 10, Paula Creamer, 57.50%. 72.10%. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 71.80%. 9, , Rounds Under Par 71.40%. 10, Karrie Webb, 70.70%. 1, Ai Miyazato, .700. 2, Jiyai Shin, .679. 3, Shanshan Putting Average Feng, .667. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .640. 5, Stacy Lewis, 1, Inbee Park, 1.735. 2, Jin Young Pak, 1.747. 3, Stacy .625. 6, So Yeon Ryu, .609. 7, Na Yeon Choi, .578. 8, Yani Lewis, 1.750. 4, So Yeon Ryu, 1.761. 5, Yani Tseng, 1.764. Tseng, .537. 9, , .533. 10, 2 tied with .523.

one shot off the Highland Meadows course 2008 record. Her four-shot lead disappeared dur- TOP 10 ing the final round, but she managed to get in- Paula Creamer, $195,000 60-65-70-73 - 268 to a playoff with Morgan Pressel and won with Nicole Castrale, $118,169 70-69-67-64 - 270 Eun-Hee Ji, $85,723 65-66-68-72 - 271 a birdie on the first hole of sudden death. Phe- Shanshan Feng, $66,314 69-70-64-69 - 272 nom Michelle Wie closed with a 64 to head a Karrie Webb, $53,375 70-71-62-70 - 273 three-way tie for third. Katherine Hull, $43,671 69-68-70-67 - 274 Kristy McPherson, $34,290 74-66-64-71 - 275 ■■THE YI FILE: The Farr title was the first of , $34,290 70-67-67-71 - 275 Yi’s LPGA career and she accomplished it at Angela Stanford, $28,790 69-70-67-70 - 276 age 21. ■■RECAP: The LPGA’s Pink Panther won the (Owens Corning) Pink 2010 Panther’s tournament. TOP 10 Paula Creamer did it by x-Na Yeon Choi, $150,000 64-67-68-71 - 270 opening with a course In-Kyung Kim, $68,808 70-66-70-64 - 270 record 60 and followed Song-Hee Kim, $68,808 70-66-68-66 - 270 with a 65. She wasn’t as , $68,808 66-67-67-70 - 270 Jiyai Shin, $40,776 67-70-70-64 - 271 sharp on the weekend Inbee Park, $33,362 67-66-70-69 - 272 and actually had to fend Hee Young Park, $24,795 70-68-71-64 - 273 off a challenge from Ni- , $24,795 71-67-67-68 - 273 Katherine Hull, $24,795 67-71-65-70 - 273 cole Castrale, who went Beatriz Recari, $16,936 69-67-72-66 - 274 low on Sunday with a 64 but ended two shots Kris Tamulis, $16,936 68-70-68-68 - 274 in arrears. Alena Sharp, $16,936 65-68-73-68 - 274 ■■THE CREAMER FILE: The Farr was one of Stacy Prammanasudh, $16,936 69-67-69-69 - 274 Azahara Munoz, $16,936 70-68-66-70 - 274 Paula’s four victories in 2008 and, during the Kristy McPherson, $16,936 68-68-67-71 - 274 course of the year, she became the fastest in x-won on the second hole of sudden-death playoff. LPGA history to surpass both $4 million and ■■RECAP: There was no language barrier dur- $5 million in career earnings. ing the four-person playoff in the 2010 Farr. Na Yeon Choi clashed with fellow South Koreans 2009 In-Kyung Kim and Song- TOP 10 Hee Kim, not to mention x-Eunjung Yi, $210,000 68-66-61-71 - 266 Christina Kim, American Morgan Pressel, $126,385 64-68-67-67 - 266 born of Korean parents. Michelle Wie, $73,231 65-69-70-64 - 268 If that wasn’t enough, Seon Hwa Lee, $73,231 70-63-68-67 - 268 Song-Hee Kim, $73,231 64-71-64-69 - 268 Jiyai Shin missed the Yani Tseng, $42,902 68-68-65-68 - 269 playoff by a stroke and Suzann Pettersen, $42,902 65-69-67-68 - 269 Inbee Park by two shots. Lindsey Wright, $29,753 66-68-71-65 - 270 Choi, who lost a once- Nicole Castrale, $29,753 70-66-67-67 - 270 Lorena Ochoa, $29,753 67-68-67-68 - 270 comfortable lead on the Mikaela Parmlid, $29,753 69-70-62-69 - 270 back nine, steadied herself to make the play- x-won on the first hole of sudden-death playoff. off and then prevailed with a three-foot birdie ■■RECAP: Defending champion Paula putt on the second hole of sudden death. Still, Creamer withdrew prior a big day for all the Sisters. to starting the first round ■■THE CHOI FILE: This was the third win of with a thumb injury and, Choi’s short LPGA career, but the biggest through 36 holes, the ‘09 was yet to come. Choi won the U.S. Women’s Farr was a dogfight with Open, her first major, in 2012. 28 players within five shots of the lead. That 2011 changed on Saturday when Eunjung Yi went ■■No tournament held because U.S. Senior low to the tune of a 61, Open was played at Inverness Club.